Hat-mark



(N Model.) H. H. WRIGHT.

HAT MARK.

N0. 397,768. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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BY Mgg ATTORNEYS.

UNTTED STATES PATENT @Trice HENRY H. lVRlGHT, OF PAOLA, KANSAS.

HATE-MARK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,768, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed March 17, 1888.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY HERBERT VRIGHT, of Paola, in the county of Miami and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved IfIat-liflark, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved hat-mark which is simple i and durable in construction and specially; adapted to prevent parties from taking the i wrong hat.

The invention consists of a frame adapted to bc secured to the inside of the hat and of a nameplatc hinged on the frame and locked in place on the said frame by a pin.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, vformin a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a front view of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the iinprovement, and Fig. 4 is sectional plan view of the improvement on the line c a; of Fig. 2. Fig. is a perspective view of part of the improvement.

The improvement is provided with a frame, A, of suitable material and shape, and having pins B B adapted to engage the inside surface of the hat, n hereby the entire hat-mark is securely held in place in the hat, as shown in Fig. l. On the frame A is formed an upwardly-extending projection, C, on which is pivoted a naine-plate, D, provided with a removable strip, E, on which the name of the owner of the hat is printed. Instead of this strip E, I may make the plate D solid and print or engrave the name directly on thc vfront of the plate.

A spring, F, bears b v one end ou the back of the projection C, and by its other end on the back of the name-plate D, so as to cause said plate to assume an inclined position, as shown in Fig. l, when unlocked. The locking and unlocking of the name-plate are accomplished by a pin, G, which is either pivoted Serial No. 267,520. (No model.)

slot, C', formed in the upper outwardly-bent end of the projection C. In order to lock the plate D on or againstthe projection C and in line with the frame A, the operator moves the said plate D rearwardly, so that the projection I engages the-slot C', and the pin G is then placed under the hook H, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

In the modiiication shown in Fig. 3 the pin G passes through a loop, J, formed on the name-plate D, and is adapted to engage the hook H when the name-plate D is placed iiat on the projection C. A spring, K, acts on the pivot ends of the pin G, so that the latter is held :in a perpendicular position when released, as shown in Fig. l.

The device is used as follows: In the closed position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, it is placed on the inside of the hat, generally with the frame A extending a short distance beyond the sweat-band and the pins B engaging the lining of the hat, so as to hold the entire hatniark in place. In the closed position the pin G will not come in contact with the head of the wearer but when the owner places his hat on a stand, hook, or other article he unfastens the pin G from the hook H, whereby the spring F presses the naine-plate D outward into an inclined position, as shown in Fig. rl, and the pin G hangs downward and is held in a vertical position by the spring K, as shown in the said iigure. Vhen the owner again takes up his hat, he iirst adjusts the name-plate D by pressing it backward and fastening it in place by the pin G, as above described. If a wrong party should take up the ownershat and place it on his head, the pin G'would enter his head, thereby calling his attention to his mistake. The name on the plate D serves to identify the hat.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-e i. In a hat-mark, the combination, with a IOO i'rmne adapted to be secured to the inside oi' l hat, of a hinged and sp1ingpressed naineplaite carried hy the sai d frame, and a pin for In :i hat-niark, the combination, With a 'fra-nie provided with pins adapted to be se- Cured to the inside of :i hat, of si naine-plate looking` the naine-plate in an approximately' hinged on the said frame, L spring pressing vertical position, snhstnntiaily :is herein shown and deserihrd.

2. In n hat-niark, the combination, with :L frame provided with pins for securing the said frame on the inside of a hat, of n` naineplate hinged on said frame, a spring pressing against the hack of the said plate, 2L pin pivoted on jthe said naine-plate and provided with n projection adapted iio engage n slot in the said frame, and i hook secured on the said frame, and under which The said pin is passed, snbsimintiaily as .shown and described.

against the hack of the said naine-plate, a pin pivoted on J[he said frame and passing through a loop on the said naine-plate, mid a hook secured to the said frame, and under which the Said pin is passed.

HENRY H. XVRIGHT.

Witnesses:

A. FARNSWORTH, C. F. BEERY. 

